Some Background

Robert's Parentage and Ancestry has not been determined as of 2009 - researchers for The Greart Migration were unable to determine his origins. There are several family trees proposed online, many overlapping various life events of apparently various English John Stephens/Steevens/Stevens families. We will defer to the determination made by the researchers for The Great Migration projects until better sourcing for those proposed family trees is provided.1

Birth - Marriage - Death

Child

Robert Stevens was born circa 1613, in England. His age is given as 22 years old on 22 March 1635.1

Groom

He married Mary before 1639. Mary's maiden name is unknown, but she was perhaps the Widow Hatch. Robert made a bequest to "my daughter Mary Hatch as a remembrance of me five shillings", but he had earlier stated that Sarah (Stevens) Cleverly was his only daughter and sole heiress; perhaps Mary Hatch was the daughter of Robert's wife from a previous marriage.1

Immigrant Ancestor

On 22 March 1635, Robert Stevens was enrolled at London as a passenger on the Planter, bound for Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England. It is highly likely that Robert was from Stepney Parish, Middlesex, England, as he was listed among other passengers all of whom are known to have received their certificates (attesting to their having given their oaths of "Supremacie and Allegeance") from two Justices of the Peace in that parish.3,4,5,6

Occupation

His occupation was given as "sawyer" at the time of his departure from London; he was the Braintree Town Crier from 18 June 16721,5

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